What
Students
Say About
Bullying
Young people
who have been
bullied tell how
educators and
peers can help.
Stan Davis and Charisse Nixon
What advice should we give to students who are bullied? What should adults and concerned peers do to help? To get
answers to these questions, we turned to the
experts—students themselves.
We began the Youth Voice research
project in response to a common problem
we have both observed as we’ve worked in
bullying prevention for the last 15 years:
© SUSIE FITZHUGH
As teachers, counselors, and administrators
strive to create emotionally safe and respectful school environments, they are often
confronted with conflicting ideas about what
to do. Many experts tell us that adults should
intervene to stop mean behavior. Others
say that we should coach young people to
